Beyoncé has joined the billionaire ranks with a worth of $1 billion, making her the fifth musician to become one, according to Forbes. The 44-year-old Grammy winner now joins other music billionaires like her husband Jay-Z, and Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Bruce Springsteen, thanks to her significant recent successes.
It’s thanks to the record-shattering “Cowboy Carter” tour that brought in more than $400 million at the box office and an additional (approximately) $50 million in merchandise. Her most recent world tour in the Renaissance vein was as lucrative, banking more than $579 million worldwide.
Jay-Z first reached billionaire status in 2019, setting a template for Beyoncé’s feat. Although she’s diversified her income with products like the Cécred hair care line, SirDavis whiskey, and Ivy Park fashion line, The bulk of her fortune is still tied to her musical career, profits from an extensive catalog released by Sony Music along with performances across the world.
In 2010 Beyoncé founded Parkwood Entertainment, the management and production force that allows her complete control over all of her projects, from music to concert productions to documentaries.
In 2024, her album Cowboy Carter was praised by critics and landed her first Grammy for Album of the Year. The following tour was the top grossing music run of 2025, a three-hour extravaganza that included guest appearances by her family and former Destiny’s Child bandmates. Production aspects of the tour included 350 crew members, 100 trucks carrying equipment, and eight Boeing 747 cargo planes carrying production equipment from country to country.
Beyoncé’s career took off with Destiny’s Child before she began her solo pursuit in the early 2000s. She is the record holder for the most Grammys won or even nominated by a female artist. Outside her music, she pulled in an estimated $50 million for the 2024 “Beyoncé Bowl” NFL half-time show and $10 million by appearing in commercials for Levi’s.
After all, as she once crooned, “It should cost a billion to look this good”, and now she actually has it.
There were over 3,000 billionaires globally in 2025, according to Forbes.
